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Finally there may be new energystorage that requires less lithium. Under some reasonable assumptions, batteries cast off from fully electrified transportation can provide about one half day of our total power consumption including electrified transportation. February 17, 2009 9:11 am Link Smart grid great Dumb govt.
And, you have to recognize that they pull a hell of a lot of power through the local grid: there will come a time when we will see utility transformers popping from all the current being drawn (imagine just a few dozen EVs fast-charging simultaneously, on 480V at 500A: wow).
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